Mining Incidents

BORAL CLAY PITS Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Crawford, Russell County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0100096

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002–2017
Latest incident
Apr 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
25
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,862
proposed penalties
$2,711
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 3,836 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,373 1 1 106.7
2025 Q2 1,845 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 933 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,137 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,144 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,112 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 917 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2017 · 1 incident

April 4, 2017 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Meridian Brick LLC · Struck against a moving object

Prior to start of shift on 4/5/17, employee reported a pain in their neck & was sent for medical evaluation. Employee operated a bulldozer the prior day to spread clay on a stockpile. The employee stated that no incident or accident occurred on 4/4/17 before noticing this pain. Employee later described turning their head to back the dozer as a contributing factor.

2002 · 1 incident

January 17, 2002 AL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Bricks Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINOR EE TOOKBOARAL BRICKS FRONT END LOADER FOR A JOY RIDE AND OVERTURNED IT.